• @[email protected]
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    351 month ago

    Looks like Monado is our only hope. Pathetic support from Microsoft but hopefully it will be fully supported in Linux in the next few years.

    • @dogma11
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      31 month ago

      It’s worked pretty well ok for me, but I only really sim race so it’s all stationary and no controllers.

      Highly recommend setting up Envision so it can build and setup the Monado/XR environment

    • @barsquid
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      11 month ago

      I might try one second hand if they’re cheap. Can any of these work without some idiotic third-party account?

      … I’d replace the padding on any used device, though, that is a little gross now that I consider it.

      • @[email protected]
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        21 month ago

        Can any of these work without some idiotic third-party account?

        If you’re just talking about WMR devices (and not VR in general), then no, they don’t require an account. The Reverb G2 is the most supported by Monado (and has the best hardware), but I’d try to get the V2 revision. And the cable is a common failure point, so could be an issue with a used purchase.

  • @MisterMoo
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    141 month ago

    Into the eWaste furnaces! The furnaces cry out for more eWaste!

      • Echo Dot
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        31 month ago

        If there was an open source VR headset, I’d own it.

    • @[email protected]OP
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      81 month ago

      That’s why there are less and less early adopters overall. Big tech cut the branch they were sitting on years ago and we’ve been in a free fall ever since.

    • @Buffalox
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      161 month ago

      Depends, did you invest in stock or products.
      If stock you are probably fine, Microsoft is very good at making money.
      If products, you are one of the people they make money on. And they couldn’t care less if you lose out.

      • @BreadstickNinja
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        41 month ago

        It’s amazing how good Microsoft is at making money relative to how bad they are at making products.

  • Echo Dot
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    81 month ago

    That’s the big tech philosophy isn’t it. “If at first you don’t succeed, give up. Also if you do succeed, give up anyway just because”

  • atocci
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    31 month ago

    I’m sure glad I didn’t get the HP Reverb G2 when it launched.